The Boys of Pointe du Hoc

On June 6th 1984, Ronald Reagan gave one of his most powerful speeches marking “the Boys of Pointe du Hoc,” who took on one of the toughest missions of D-Day. Now, acclaimed military historian Patrick O’Donnell takes us up close and personal with these men who led the way across Europe. O’Donnell has collected oral histories and has woven them together as the spine of  his new work Dog Company.  It shall forever preserve the men and their mission. My conversation with Patrick K. O’Donnell: